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mitt romney gets serious about libya, syria, and more, but president obama hits him hard with a brand-new ad. we'll show it to you. >>> unhitched. two philly wedding celebrations descend into cha as the attendees start brawling. >>> and 48 straight. drew breezes into the record books. this is a big one. >> this is "early today" for monday, october 8th, 2012. >>> very good morning to you, i'm veronica de la cruz. 29 days and counting. there is less than a month to go in the race for the white house, and right now, both candidates are on the road. while the president campaigns in california, mitt romney spent sunday in florida before his major foreign policy speech in virginia today. nbc's tracie potts joins us now live from washington. good morning. >> veronica. good morning. let's talk about the speech. in it today he tries to draw distinctions. we've seen an advanced copy where mitt romney will now argue america is now weaker against our enemies abroad. mitt romney gives a big foreign policy speech in virginia today, but over the weekend in florida, he focused on taxes and president obam
mitt romney gets serious about libya, syria, and more, but president obama hits him hard with a brand-new ad. we'll show it to you. >>> unhitched. two philly wedding celebrations descend into cha as the attendees start brawling. >>> and 48 straight. drew breezes into the record books. this is a big one. >> this is "early today" for monday, october 8th, 2012. >>> very good morning to you, i'm veronica de la cruz. 29 days and counting. there is less than...
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romney heads to virginia. biden campaigns in nevada. >>> and an early victory for the obama campaign. the supreme court cleared the way for early voting in ohio on the weekend before the election. in a one-sentence order the high court let stand an appeals court ruling on an obama campaign lawsuit that requires early voting be offered to all ohio voters in the final three days before the election. now in 2008 93,000 voters cast their ballots in those final three days of ohio's early voting including a surge of minority voters. there are now 32 states and the district of columbia that allow early in-person voting. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. we are going to begin with a violent scuffle at philadelphia's oktoberfest. a man arguing with the police slapped an officer right across the face. that set off this scene. bystanders applauding the officer as he took down the unruly civilian. the video has now gone viral and internal affairs is investigating. the 16-y
romney heads to virginia. biden campaigns in nevada. >>> and an early victory for the obama campaign. the supreme court cleared the way for early voting in ohio on the weekend before the election. in a one-sentence order the high court let stand an appeals court ruling on an obama campaign lawsuit that requires early voting be offered to all ohio voters in the final three days before the election. now in 2008 93,000 voters cast their ballots in those final three days of ohio's early...
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, that is why you see the voters shifting towards romney. and it depends on how you wait to sample. and yes, one poll seems to be a little more republican than the gallup -- polls, there is more enthusiasm among likely republican voters than likely democratic voters. this has been a problem for the democrats for six months, and you're seeing more in this poll than the last debate. and the big moment will be joe biden, and paul ryan, you see them prepping in a way they have not done before. they have done a lot of mock debate sessions with joe biden. paul ryan has never been on this big a stage before. he has reviewed the sarah palin debate, watched joe biden's speeches to try to get a sense of joe biden. they will be seated. but i can tell you the republicans are a bit nervous about this, because joe biden is very good in settings like this, because -- being a former u.s. senator. >>> now, andrea, what was the chief takeaway from the speech that romney gave today. i know he did emphasize for a while, libya, of course that has been an ongoing
, that is why you see the voters shifting towards romney. and it depends on how you wait to sample. and yes, one poll seems to be a little more republican than the gallup -- polls, there is more enthusiasm among likely republican voters than likely democratic voters. this has been a problem for the democrats for six months, and you're seeing more in this poll than the last debate. and the big moment will be joe biden, and paul ryan, you see them prepping in a way they have not done before. they...
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president obama 49%, mitt romney 46%. both campaigns are expressing concern about the moderator of the second debate. candy crowley will be hosting the debate, and she suggested that she'll play a larger role than agreed to by the candidates. according to "time" magazine's mark halperin, the two campaigns have raised objections saying the moderator's participation should be much more limited than she's leading people to believe. crowley has suggested she'll ask follow-up questions, which is not part of the agreed upon format. >>> as the candidates get in their final cram session before tomorrow night's debate, aides say president obama will be more aggressive, and mitt romney's camp says he'll be ready. for details, we go now to nbc's tracie potts for the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. aides say that the president has seen the tape of the last debate, that he was disappointed but that he is determined not to make the same mistakes tomorrow. >> hello everybody, hello, hello. >> reporter:
president obama 49%, mitt romney 46%. both campaigns are expressing concern about the moderator of the second debate. candy crowley will be hosting the debate, and she suggested that she'll play a larger role than agreed to by the candidates. according to "time" magazine's mark halperin, the two campaigns have raised objections saying the moderator's participation should be much more limited than she's leading people to believe. crowley has suggested she'll ask follow-up questions,...
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they conceded that romney had a strong debate but called it dishonest. >> mitt romney had a theatrical performance just this last week, but the underpinnings of that performance were fundamentally dishonest. >> reporter: and explained what went wrong with the president's own debate performance. >> he was a bit taken aback with the brazenness of which governor romney walked away from so many of the positions on which he's run. >> reporter: promising there will be changes. >> i assume he has reviewed the tape and it will inform how he handles these subsequent debates. >> reporter: the campaign launching a new attack ad. >> this was dishonest. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 billion tax cut. >> reporter: and after romney took aim at sesame street -- >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs, i'm going to stop other things -- i like pbs. i like big bird. >> reporter: big bird stayed way up past his bedtime to appear on "saturday night live." >> do you have any political statement you would like to make? >> no, i don't want to ruffle any feathers. >> reporter: first up here in los angeles, presid
they conceded that romney had a strong debate but called it dishonest. >> mitt romney had a theatrical performance just this last week, but the underpinnings of that performance were fundamentally dishonest. >> reporter: and explained what went wrong with the president's own debate performance. >> he was a bit taken aback with the brazenness of which governor romney walked away from so many of the positions on which he's run. >> reporter: promising there will be changes....
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could mitt romney really fire big bird? just the thought of it has pbs fans all fired up. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, coming off a lackluster debate performance, the president got some good news today, 32 days before the election, the nation's jobless rate fell to the lowest level of his term in office. economists will argue what it means, but here are today's numbers, the economy gained about 114,000 jobs in the last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, that is where today's political debate in this country started out. we have it all covered here tonight. and we'll begin our coverage with nbc's andrea mitchell, good evening, andrea. >> reporter: good evening, brian, in a week that has been a roller coaster for both of the candidates, today's news gave a good bit of a jolt, but that set off a firestorm on what it really means. the news that the unemployment dipped below 8% since he took office came just in time for a president battered by his poor performance in the debate. >> today's news should give us some encouragement. it shouldn't be an excus
could mitt romney really fire big bird? just the thought of it has pbs fans all fired up. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, coming off a lackluster debate performance, the president got some good news today, 32 days before the election, the nation's jobless rate fell to the lowest level of his term in office. economists will argue what it means, but here are today's numbers, the economy gained about 114,000 jobs in the last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, that is...
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president trailing romney by 4% while a poll in "new york times" shows the opposite. the polls are unpredictable. we get the real results on election day. right now we're bringing in the real honest henry from comcast sports net. henry, how are you today? >> did you say honest? >> die. >> did you say honest. i need to you talk to my wife for me. tell her i'm honest. i would be out of the dog house. she thinks i'm a big liar. coming up in sports, two more victories and we can call the g-man 2012 world champions. there's been solid contact in game three. we'll have an update right after the break. plus day giants star catcher buster posy shared a special moment with one of the greatest baseball players of all time. i'm talking about hammer hank aaron. stay with us. sports is next.
president trailing romney by 4% while a poll in "new york times" shows the opposite. the polls are unpredictable. we get the real results on election day. right now we're bringing in the real honest henry from comcast sports net. henry, how are you today? >> did you say honest? >> die. >> did you say honest. i need to you talk to my wife for me. tell her i'm honest. i would be out of the dog house. she thinks i'm a big liar. coming up in sports, two more victories...
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the president's surrogates tried to shift the subject to romney. >> romney says he's going to cut loopholes, but won't name them. romney said i'm going to place obamacare but won't say with what. >> romney clearly came to play, aggressive but polite. standing toe to toe with the with the. there were plenty of fireworks. >> you're entitled as a president to own your own airplane and house, but not facts. >> now, governor romney's proposal that he's been promoting for 18 months calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of $2 trillion of additional spending for our military. >> i don't have a tax cut scale that you're talking about. my view is that we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class, but i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. >> however, independent fact checkers say romney's tax plan does add up to nearly $5 trillion over ten years and would give the biggest breaks to the highest earners. the same groups say the president is using fuzzy math. especially his claim of $4 trillion of deficit reduction. romney made a point he'd cut the budget
the president's surrogates tried to shift the subject to romney. >> romney says he's going to cut loopholes, but won't name them. romney said i'm going to place obamacare but won't say with what. >> romney clearly came to play, aggressive but polite. standing toe to toe with the with the. there were plenty of fireworks. >> you're entitled as a president to own your own airplane and house, but not facts. >> now, governor romney's proposal that he's been promoting for 18...
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romney and ryan will be in virginia. the president is staying in co-co. veronica? >> tracie, thank you. >>> nato forces in afghanistan say three international service members and their translator were killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern part of the country this morning. the attack comes on a grim milestone of the war in afghanistan on sunday with the death of the 2000th u.s. service member. relations between international forces and their afghan partners have been pushed to the breaking point by a surge of insider attacks by afghan allies. >>> on this first monday in october the u.s. supreme court begins its new term today. the justices are expected to consider a number of controversial issues. nbc's francis coe has more. >> reporter: one case the court will hear involves the practice of considering race for college admissions. abigail fisher sued after she was rejected by the university of texas at austin. >> there were people in my class with lower grades who weren't in the activities i was in who were being accepted. the only other difference between us w
romney and ryan will be in virginia. the president is staying in co-co. veronica? >> tracie, thank you. >>> nato forces in afghanistan say three international service members and their translator were killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern part of the country this morning. the attack comes on a grim milestone of the war in afghanistan on sunday with the death of the 2000th u.s. service member. relations between international forces and their afghan partners have been pushed...
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in florida, president obama retains a one point lead over romney, 48 to 47%. and in that key battleground state of ohio mitt romney gained two points but the president still leads 51% to 45%. >>> well, today marks one month since the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. and yesterday the white house again denied any intentional cover-up of what led to the assault and said the investigation continues. lawmakers demanded to know how lax security may have been and whether warning signs were completely or simply ignored. nbc's steve handlesman is in washington. >> reporter: to highlight his concern, president obama had his terrorism advisor john brennan in libya to push the investigation of the 9/11/2012 attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three others. but republicans at the house hearing charged the obama state department showed a lack of concern last summer after u.s. facilities in benghazi were attacked twice. >> i believe personally with more assets and more resources just meeting the minimum standards, we could have and sh
in florida, president obama retains a one point lead over romney, 48 to 47%. and in that key battleground state of ohio mitt romney gained two points but the president still leads 51% to 45%. >>> well, today marks one month since the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. and yesterday the white house again denied any intentional cover-up of what led to the assault and said the investigation continues. lawmakers demanded to know how lax security may have been and...
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mitt romney backs off his 47% remarks while president obama sharpens his attacks. >>> deadly exchange. an american tourist opens fire at an israeli seaside resort. >>> leap of faith. tense moments as a mother and her five kids arforced to jump from a building. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. the two candidates are busy attacking each other on the campaign trail following their first debate. today president obama will be campaigning in virginia and ohio and mitt romney is in virginia. governor romney boasted about his debate performance and told supporters he will take back the white house, but for the first time romney backed away from his controversial remarks about the 47% of americans who don't pay federal income taxes. he was asked what he would have said if that had come up in debate. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out right. in this case i said something that's just completely wrong. i absolutely belie
mitt romney backs off his 47% remarks while president obama sharpens his attacks. >>> deadly exchange. an american tourist opens fire at an israeli seaside resort. >>> leap of faith. tense moments as a mother and her five kids arforced to jump from a building. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. the two candidates are busy attacking each other on the campaign trail following their first debate. today president obama will be...
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nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me. and said he is his plan. he is just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? i don't know anything about a $5 trillion tax cut. don't pay any attention to that tax cut behind the curtain. >> reporter: the crowd did boo at any mention of mitt romney and the president had some advice. he said don't boo, vote. reporting live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> more details of the president's money trail. mr. obama touched down at 1:40 this afternoon at sfo. since then he's raised nearly $4 million. that's a conservative estimate. he health three separate fund-raisers. the first at san francisco's intercontinental hotel where he raised $1 million. a relatively intimate gathering. 25 people who paid $45,000 for time with mr. obama. from there he traveled one mile away to the bill graham civic. he had dinner with 100 support here's paid $20,000 a plate. fish tartar and duck. finally an estimated 6,000 people attended tonight's concert with grammy winne
nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me. and said he is his plan. he is just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? i don't know anything about a $5 trillion tax cut. don't pay any attention to that tax cut behind the curtain. >> reporter: the crowd did boo at any mention of mitt romney and the president had some advice. he said don't boo, vote. reporting live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> thank you....
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. >>> eva longoria forced to ap pom jazz to governor romney. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. well, with just 18 days left in the campaign, it may be the final time president obama and former governor mitt romney can share a few laughs. they did just that. last night the two shook hands and smiled just 48 hours after their contentious debate laying down their political swords to headline the most famous dining experience in politics, the al smith dinner in new york city, hosted by the catholic archdiocese. both men worked the one-liners as artfully as they sparred tuesday night. here are a few moments people will likely be talking to about today. >> i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening because he'll laugh at anything. >> i felt really well rested after the nice, long nap i had in the first debate. >> i particularly want to apologize to chris matthews. four years ago i gave him a thrill up his leg. this time around i gave him a stroke. >> as president obama su
. >>> eva longoria forced to ap pom jazz to governor romney. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. well, with just 18 days left in the campaign, it may be the final time president obama and former governor mitt romney can share a few laughs. they did just that. last night the two shook hands and smiled just 48 hours after their contentious debate laying down their political swords to headline the most famous dining experience in...
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. >>> and while the president was in the bay area, mitt romney was in virginia, giving a major speech on foreign policy. romney called for a change of course in the middle east and blamed the obama administration for making the region more dangerous. >> i know the president hoped for a safer, freer, and more prosperous middle east allayed with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> today's speech largely repackaged things romney has said before, but included a few specific ways he would change the president's approach. >> president obama fired back in an ad scheduled to run in virginia, which is a key battleground state. the ad portrays romney as reckless and amateurish during a trip to england, israel and poland. >>> how much you spending? these rising gas prices 50 cents higher in the past week alone. that costs you about $8 extra for every trip to the gas station. nbc bay area's stephanie trong joins us in oakland this evening. stephanie, gas prices and politics usually go hand in hand. what is the spin here? >> reporter: raj, it really depends on who you ask. if you
. >>> and while the president was in the bay area, mitt romney was in virginia, giving a major speech on foreign policy. romney called for a change of course in the middle east and blamed the obama administration for making the region more dangerous. >> i know the president hoped for a safer, freer, and more prosperous middle east allayed with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> today's speech largely repackaged things romney has said before, but included...
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this featured mitt romney as mr. romney's neighborhood. president obama was demoted to a part-time mailman. >> money is sort of like paper you can use to buy things you want. like toys and yachts. you may wonder, where does money come from it comes for a magical place called our parents. now fal lon, the kid knows how to bring fun any. >> and his hair is great, too. it looks just like mr. rogerses. well done. join us tonight. have a great day everybody. >> that's what makes the show so good. >> i have to dvr it. >> check it out. we'll see you tomorrow.
this featured mitt romney as mr. romney's neighborhood. president obama was demoted to a part-time mailman. >> money is sort of like paper you can use to buy things you want. like toys and yachts. you may wonder, where does money come from it comes for a magical place called our parents. now fal lon, the kid knows how to bring fun any. >> and his hair is great, too. it looks just like mr. rogerses. well done. join us tonight. have a great day everybody. >> that's what makes...
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romney as the winner while 25% picked mr. obama. a cbs news snap poll of uncommitted voters found that 46% identified mitt romney as the winner, while 22% said barack obama won. 32% declared the debate a tie. while the candidates tangled over taxes, bringing up countless statistics and figures of cuts or increases, nbc news' andrea mitchell looked into the truth behind the rhetoric of both candidates. >> let me repeat what i said. i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. >> reporter: romney has proposed making the bush tax cuts permanent for all income levels and then cutting all rates an additional 20%. he would repeal the alternative minimum tax and permanently repeal the estate tax. the nonpartisan tax policy center concluded that mitt romney's tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over ten years. romney said again tonight that his plan would be paid for, but to pay for those cuts, he would have to close loopholes in the tax code and get ri
romney as the winner while 25% picked mr. obama. a cbs news snap poll of uncommitted voters found that 46% identified mitt romney as the winner, while 22% said barack obama won. 32% declared the debate a tie. while the candidates tangled over taxes, bringing up countless statistics and figures of cuts or increases, nbc news' andrea mitchell looked into the truth behind the rhetoric of both candidates. >> let me repeat what i said. i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. that's not my...
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the romney campaign reports it is also evident in fund-raising. the campaign said it raised $12 million on-line in the 48 hours after the debate. >>> there's plenty of debate over the presidential debate last week, but we will separate some of the fact from fiction. one of the debates, mitt romney claimed that half of the clean energy companies that had received government loan guarantees from the president had gone out of business. here's the facts. only three of the 26 companies have filed for bankruptcy, but many of those other companies struggle including tesla and bright source here in the bay area. on a different subject, the president accused romney of proposing a $5 trillion tax cut. the facts that that romney proposed $500 billion in tax cuts for 2015. >>> a huge success tonight for california-based space x with its first commercial launch to the international space station. >> and liftoff. >> the unmanned rocket is carrying a capsule with a thousand pounds of cargo including, listen to this, chak chocolate vanilla swirl ice cream for the
the romney campaign reports it is also evident in fund-raising. the campaign said it raised $12 million on-line in the 48 hours after the debate. >>> there's plenty of debate over the presidential debate last week, but we will separate some of the fact from fiction. one of the debates, mitt romney claimed that half of the clean energy companies that had received government loan guarantees from the president had gone out of business. here's the facts. only three of the 26 companies have...
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romney today in iowa and ohio. speaking of campaign slogans, turns out he may end up repeating a new one he coined yesterday. we first heard it on monday. he argued president obama's policies made the world more dangerous. >> the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. >> reporter: romney promised to create one person to deal with the middle east, arm syria's rebels, sanction iran if needed, expand the navy and push free trade. democrats weren't impressed. >> i'm a professor. if one of my students turned it in, they would get a c because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> reporter: pew has it up four points, gallup says the positive jobs report gave president obama a five-point boost. courting hispanics there, but he also said that mitt romney's debate was more style over substance, that debate really fueling those polls and we'll see if it's affected by the vice presidential debate this week. vice president biden, paul ryan debate on thursday. >> he's going to bring the h
romney today in iowa and ohio. speaking of campaign slogans, turns out he may end up repeating a new one he coined yesterday. we first heard it on monday. he argued president obama's policies made the world more dangerous. >> the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. >> reporter: romney promised to create one person to deal with the middle east, arm syria's rebels, sanction iran if needed, expand the navy and push free trade. democrats...
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romney was in trouble. then romney got an unfiltered shot. and everybody has taken a second look at him. the real question to me for the campaign is can the romney campaign take this moment and run with it. if so, the obama campaign which will only get more negative, that's what fear does to a campaign, will look smaller and smaller. >> i know you want to respond, but can i just talk tactics here? speaker, are we going to see mitt the moderate now? is this what he's doing with this second look? he talks about he doesn't want to gut financial reform. >> he said that back in january. >> touting health care instead of talking about replacing it all the time? >> he is talking about replacing obama care, which is part of how he pays for his tax cuts. he cuts out all the spending put into obama care. let me go back to one example hilary used. 86% of the country favors an energy independence plan which romney is campaigning on. ohio, five counties in eastern ohio that have five billion barrels of oil. something people didn't even know a year and a h
romney was in trouble. then romney got an unfiltered shot. and everybody has taken a second look at him. the real question to me for the campaign is can the romney campaign take this moment and run with it. if so, the obama campaign which will only get more negative, that's what fear does to a campaign, will look smaller and smaller. >> i know you want to respond, but can i just talk tactics here? speaker, are we going to see mitt the moderate now? is this what he's doing with this second...
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. >> romney delivers. the president tries to recover. >> when i got off the stage, i met very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. >> the economy is again the central focus. the new jobs numbers drop the unm employment rate below 9%. >> we have made too much progress. >> a sign of recovery as the voters head to the polls. we cover it all this morning. the policy fight emerging from the debate and the policy. what does the debate reveal about these two men? >>> plus, our preview of the vice presidential debate this coming week. this morning, a special panel. obama campaign senior adviser robert gibbs. former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich. hilary rosen. mike murphy. and nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >>> and finally, what you haven't heard from arnold schwarzenegger this week. a revealing conversation with the former california governor. he talks politics and his personal failings. >> what would you like your sons to learn from your mistak
. >> romney delivers. the president tries to recover. >> when i got off the stage, i met very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. >> the economy is again the central focus. the new jobs numbers drop the unm employment rate below 9%. >> we have made too much progress. >> a sign of recovery as the voters head to the polls. we cover it all this morning. the policy fight emerging from the debate and the policy. what does the debate reveal about these two...
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mitt romney will campaign here four of the last five days. the president just wrapped up his 17th rally here, more than any other state. >> do not delay, go vote today. what do you think? all right, buckeyes, we need you. >> reporter: why all the attention on ohio? no republican has won the white house without it. romney advisers insist the race has fundamentally changed here since last week. just weeks ago, the campaign briefly considered its path forward without ohio. >> we feel it's going to be close again until the end, but we feel we have an enthusiasm edge working in our favor. >> reporter: consider the electoral map, if romney loses ohio's 18 electoral votes, he needs to win six of the remaining seven swing states. all of which voted for mr. obama four years ago. after being dominated on the airwaves here this summer, ads that painted romney as an out of touch corporate raider, the romney campaign is intensifying its efforts. >> because ohio families can't afford four more years like the last four years. >> reporter: for its part, the
mitt romney will campaign here four of the last five days. the president just wrapped up his 17th rally here, more than any other state. >> do not delay, go vote today. what do you think? all right, buckeyes, we need you. >> reporter: why all the attention on ohio? no republican has won the white house without it. romney advisers insist the race has fundamentally changed here since last week. just weeks ago, the campaign briefly considered its path forward without ohio. >> we...
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romney talking about arming syria's rebels and sanctioning iran. democrats were not impressed. >> i'm a professor. if one of my students turned it in, they'd get a c because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> when president obama leaves the bay area, he will head to ohio as well to also reach out to undecided voters. >>> in other news now, it is decision day for san francisco's suspended sheriff, ross mirkarimi. san francisco's board of supervisors will vote on his fate today. the embattled sheriff pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges related to an argument with his wife that left her arm bruised. bay area political experts say the vote is the first modern test of the idea of official misconduct. today's vote will be held at city hall at 2:00 this afternoon. in order for mirkarimi to lose his job, nine of the 11 supervisors need to vote against him. >>> the fbi has been called in to help hercules police investigate the killing of a well-known retired schoolteacher. more than 200 people joining susie ko's family for a candlelight vigil in front of
romney talking about arming syria's rebels and sanctioning iran. democrats were not impressed. >> i'm a professor. if one of my students turned it in, they'd get a c because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> when president obama leaves the bay area, he will head to ohio as well to also reach out to undecided voters. >>> in other news now, it is decision day for san francisco's suspended sheriff, ross mirkarimi. san francisco's board of supervisors will vote on his fate...
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governor romney today is in virginia. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> who won the debate? polls this morning are giving the president the edge. winning by 7% among registered voters. a cbs poll showed the president winning by the same seven-point margin. >> it's one round apiece. can't wait to see the next one. >>> coming up in our next hour, we'll have reaction from one of our bay area political experts. >>> racing now. it is docked in san francisco this morning. unfortunately, it's in pieces. the team is out practicing in the bay yesterday when the 72-foot boat capsized. some pretty amazing video here. some 14 crew members were on the catamaran when it pitched forward and crashed. this is after hitting a huge wave. crew members say this is the very first time they've capsized on a boat that large. >> we weren't sure if the wing would snap. it's never happened before. we didn't know if that boat would come crashing down. a few nervous moments for sure. >> the price tag on the ac-72s, between $8 million and $10 million apiece. no word yet on how long it's going to take to
governor romney today is in virginia. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> who won the debate? polls this morning are giving the president the edge. winning by 7% among registered voters. a cbs poll showed the president winning by the same seven-point margin. >> it's one round apiece. can't wait to see the next one. >>> coming up in our next hour, we'll have reaction from one of our bay area political experts. >>> racing now. it is docked in san francisco...
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romney used the phrase last week about his 47% comment. that's why. >>> and scientists say they've discovered a planet twice the size of earth that's largely made by diamonds. it encircles a nearby star every 18 hours. >>> well, one of the stories trending on nbcnews.com has to do with past winners of the nobel prize. a new study found correlation between eating chocolate and nobel winners. i like the sound of that. countries whose population consumed more chocolate also took home more of the prize. switzerland came in first while china and brazil were at the bottom. >>> well, now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,326 after falling 18 points yesterday. the s&p was up a fraction but the nasdaq lost 2. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo the nikkei dipped 12 points but in hong kong the hang seng gained 137. >>> a worrying trend has emerged on wall street. u.s. companies with foreign earnings exposure. after the bell thursday chip maker advanced micro devices followed
romney used the phrase last week about his 47% comment. that's why. >>> and scientists say they've discovered a planet twice the size of earth that's largely made by diamonds. it encircles a nearby star every 18 hours. >>> well, one of the stories trending on nbcnews.com has to do with past winners of the nobel prize. a new study found correlation between eating chocolate and nobel winners. i like the sound of that. countries whose population consumed more chocolate also took...
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the nbcmarist surveys shows romney trailing in the midwestern states he needs to win. meantime, president obama unleashed some stand-up comedy in northern virginia where he accused romney of shifting positions on key issues. >> in a debate you say, i don't know anything about giving tax cuts to rich folks. take your temperature because you probably got romnesia. here's the good news. obama care covers pre-existing conditions. >> now, the crowd ate it up but last night in florida romney told supporters that the romney campaign is engaging in "petty attacks and silly word games." the president is prepping at camp david. romney is in florida. >>> a blow for san jose mayor chuck reid and the re-election campaign. the state fair political practices commission ruled that the mayor violated state law when his political action committee, his pac donated $100,000 to re-election campaign. the commission is ordering the herrera team to pay that money back in full and now the mayor faces penalties up to $5,000 for each violation. the mayor denies any wrongdoing. >> the government
the nbcmarist surveys shows romney trailing in the midwestern states he needs to win. meantime, president obama unleashed some stand-up comedy in northern virginia where he accused romney of shifting positions on key issues. >> in a debate you say, i don't know anything about giving tax cuts to rich folks. take your temperature because you probably got romnesia. here's the good news. obama care covers pre-existing conditions. >> now, the crowd ate it up but last night in florida...
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obama/romney face their toughest inquisitors yet, you, the public. >>> hillary steps up. the secretary of state takes responsibility for the benghazi consulate attack. >>> and 4,000 foot accident. it's called base jumping. what happens next was a miracle. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. well, while the nation is focused on tonight's second presidential debate, secretary of state hillary clinton is now stepping forward volunteering to become the lightning rod for criticism of security concerns ahead of the deadly consulate attack in libya. last night after arriving in peru clinton pushed back on the idea that president obama and vice president biden ignored warning signs, and clinton rejected any suggestion the white house was shifting blame to the state department. >> i take responsibility. i'm in charge of the state department. 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts. the president and the vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. they're th
obama/romney face their toughest inquisitors yet, you, the public. >>> hillary steps up. the secretary of state takes responsibility for the benghazi consulate attack. >>> and 4,000 foot accident. it's called base jumping. what happens next was a miracle. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. well, while the nation is focused on tonight's second presidential debate, secretary of state hillary clinton is now stepping forward...
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>> great. >> team romney, full of confidence. >> mitt is prepared. mitt is confident. mittth got a good presence about him. >> team obama with a cheerleader in the wings. >> i'm smiling, i'm giving a thumbs up if he can see it. i assume that he can so i make sure that i'm always giving him that positive love. >> reporter: this second debate is a town hall format with questions from the audience and the candidates pushing their own agendas. >> these debates are giving us the ability to cut include the clutter and give people a very clear choice. >> there needs to be a more compelling economic argument made tomorrow night about why the obama/biden ticket is really the one that's going to keep the country moving in the right direction. >> reporter: aides say the president will bring up romney's vague tax map and the 47% he dismissed in remarks caught on camera. romney is sure to bring up the administration's snafu on libya, initially calling the death of four americans there part of a riot. reuters daily tracking poll still has president obama ahead by two points, essenti
>> great. >> team romney, full of confidence. >> mitt is prepared. mitt is confident. mittth got a good presence about him. >> team obama with a cheerleader in the wings. >> i'm smiling, i'm giving a thumbs up if he can see it. i assume that he can so i make sure that i'm always giving him that positive love. >> reporter: this second debate is a town hall format with questions from the audience and the candidates pushing their own agendas. >> these...
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two new polls show former governor romney ahead nationally. two showed ties. the nbc marist survey shows romney trailing in midwest states he needs to win. >> that's a problem. >> reporter: the last debate looms monday in florida. libya is sure to be an issue. team obama denying for days it was a terrorist attack. another issue is how the president defended that last night on the daily show. >> before americans get killed, it's not optimal. >> reporter: not optimal. the term is being called inappropriate, like mitt romney citing binders full of women. every sentence dissected in a race so close, the two campaign planes stopping on the same taxi way in florida today. the plane of paul ryan and joe biden's plane seemed somehow symbolic. so whose team has the edge? the nbc news marist poll indicates it's president obama. he's got a lead in the polls in iowa, wisconsin, and ohio. if he wins those three states and their electoral votes, he is almost sure to win the election. live from washington, i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, steve. >>> dif
two new polls show former governor romney ahead nationally. two showed ties. the nbc marist survey shows romney trailing in midwest states he needs to win. >> that's a problem. >> reporter: the last debate looms monday in florida. libya is sure to be an issue. team obama denying for days it was a terrorist attack. another issue is how the president defended that last night on the daily show. >> before americans get killed, it's not optimal. >> reporter: not optimal. the...
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a wild week in the race for the white house, renewed momentum for the romney campaign and news tonight about a record fall for the president. >>> all-time high. gas now the most expensive ever in california. why folks in the nation's biggest state are paying the price. >>> freeze warning. after a summer like start to october, now the big chill. >>> sign of the times, kids packing the cafeteria, but not just for lunch. why more and more schools are now serving dinner. >>> and a tangled mess on one of the most congested highways in america, drivers can't believe it. a massive project brought to a grinding halt by the itsy-bitsy spider. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "fightly news" with lester holt. >> one month from today we'll be coming on the air counting down to the poll closings. the month to go mark in a race that's taken potential game changing twist this week. mitt romney's strong debate performance and yesterday's timely drop in the nation's unemployment rate. these are critical days on every level from fund-raising to how the candidates define them
a wild week in the race for the white house, renewed momentum for the romney campaign and news tonight about a record fall for the president. >>> all-time high. gas now the most expensive ever in california. why folks in the nation's biggest state are paying the price. >>> freeze warning. after a summer like start to october, now the big chill. >>> sign of the times, kids packing the cafeteria, but not just for lunch. why more and more schools are now serving dinner....
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one of those happened when president obama essentially mocked romney's suggestion that russia is the greatest threat to the u.s. >> governor romney, i'm glad that you recognize al qaeda is a threat because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest threat facing america, you said russia. not al qaeda, you said russia. and the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. >> that reference to the 1980s, that comment there, do you think that actually may have hurt obama? >> i'm not sure that independent voters find that level of sarcasm to be presidential. i think obama supporters probably like that line and social media they would be talking about that as sort of a zinger of the evening. but i'm not sure that independent voters need that level of sarcasm. >> we will see. the election just two weeks away. thank you for your time this morning. we're going to continue to talk to you throughout the morning. laura. >> thank you very much, marla. >>> it is 5:08. apple is getting ready for another big announcement a m
one of those happened when president obama essentially mocked romney's suggestion that russia is the greatest threat to the u.s. >> governor romney, i'm glad that you recognize al qaeda is a threat because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest threat facing america, you said russia. not al qaeda, you said russia. and the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. >> that reference to the 1980s, that...
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but does round one go to romney? reaction and reviews from the first presidential debate just ahead. >>> a deadly dispute. e
but does round one go to romney? reaction and reviews from the first presidential debate just ahead. >>> a deadly dispute. e
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and yes, he did have to show his id. >>> mitt romney made three stops in ohio on thursday. he told voters this campaign is about families and said his main goal is getting people back to work. >> i want regulators to see their job as encouraging business, not attacking business because i want more jobs. my priority is jobs, jobs, jobs. we're going to get them here in ohio. >>> nbc's brian williams spent the past two days on the campaign trail with president obama, often gaining exclusive access to the commander in chief. the president talked to brian about the election verses the job itself. >> it's funny. one of the things about being on the campaign trail, you're in "air force one," marine one, these big motorcades. michelle jokes that i've got everything but a ka boos and a dogsled behind me wherever i'm driving -- none of that is the presidency. the presidency is all about who's going to fight for the american people every single day even when you've got to make tough decisions that are unpopular because you have some compass about what this country can be. and i've --
and yes, he did have to show his id. >>> mitt romney made three stops in ohio on thursday. he told voters this campaign is about families and said his main goal is getting people back to work. >> i want regulators to see their job as encouraging business, not attacking business because i want more jobs. my priority is jobs, jobs, jobs. we're going to get them here in ohio. >>> nbc's brian williams spent the past two days on the campaign trail with president obama, often...
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president obama and mitt romney hunker down for their high stakes debate in denver. >>> and bumpy ride. a 10-year-old philadelphia boy is arrested after swiping and crashing a van. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with air scare. suspicion is swirling around american airlines after two flights in three days were returned to new york's jfk airport. the reason, passenger seats came loose on both planes. the first incident occurred on a flight from miami to boston. >> during climb out, passenger seats row 12d, e and f came loose out of the floor. passengers are unable to sit in that seat. >> the federal aviation administration says seating in both planes had recently undergone maintenance. the airline has grounded eight 757s for inspection. >>> republicans are hoping the first of three presidential debates tomorrow night will be a game-changer for mitt romney. right now he trails the president in every battleground state. a new quinnipiac po
president obama and mitt romney hunker down for their high stakes debate in denver. >>> and bumpy ride. a 10-year-old philadelphia boy is arrested after swiping and crashing a van. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with air scare. suspicion is swirling around american airlines after two flights in three days were returned to new...
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take a romney kicker any day of the week. throughout the night romney repeatedly claimed he was the real friend of small business. even as we know saying something bad about small business has become the new third rail of american politics. this comment is typical. >> there was a survey done of small businesses across the country. said what's been the effect of obamacare on your hiring plans? and three quarters of them said it makes us less likely to hire people. >> all right. let's take him at face value for a moment. small business truly gets a boost if you elect romney, you need some paychex. the company's growth is in the hands of small business expansion. obama bears take note. you might be tempted to short paychex on the democratic victory. but remember, you have to pay that bountiful dividend if you short the stock. along the same lines, romney claimed that obama's policies are causing an increase in the use of food stamps. >> the proof of that is one out of six people in poverty. the proof of that is we've gone from 3
take a romney kicker any day of the week. throughout the night romney repeatedly claimed he was the real friend of small business. even as we know saying something bad about small business has become the new third rail of american politics. this comment is typical. >> there was a survey done of small businesses across the country. said what's been the effect of obamacare on your hiring plans? and three quarters of them said it makes us less likely to hire people. >> all right. let's...
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governor romney is also even with the president among registered voters. they're both tied at 46%. to give you some perspective, just last month, governor romney was trail the president by nine points. such a turnaround after last week's debate. reporting live here at sfo, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, bob. and we do have complete coverage of the president's bay area visit online at nbcbayarea.com, including insider details on the president's private events. >>> and some san francisco voters, possibly inspired by the president's visit, getting a jump on the election. they are casting their ballots this morning for that early voting. this one will run through november 6th. hours are monday through friday, set from 8:00 a.m. in the morning until 5:00 in the evening. >>> also in san francisco, it is decision day for san francisco's suspended sheriff, ross mirkarimi. the board of supervisors will vote on his fate today. the embattled sheriff pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges related to an argument with his wife that left her arm bruised. bay area political experts sa
governor romney is also even with the president among registered voters. they're both tied at 46%. to give you some perspective, just last month, governor romney was trail the president by nine points. such a turnaround after last week's debate. reporting live here at sfo, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, bob. and we do have complete coverage of the president's bay area visit online at nbcbayarea.com, including insider details on the president's private events. >>>...
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romney over obama 50 to 46 among likely voters because gallup found romney trails with women in swing states by just one. a once wide gender gap closed. team obama disputes the numbers. a shift like that is critical. >> whoever wins the women, usually wins the election. >> reporter: tonight the debate is a town hall. audience questions. in a debate like that 1992, george bush 41 looked irritable. >> help me with the question. >> reporter: small state governor clinton looks empathetic. >> when people lose their jobs, i'll know them by their names. >> reporter: al gore appeared reckless when he approached george bush 43. >> continue to preach what he believed in because he is more moderate than people give him credit for. >> reporter: advice for president obama. >> i think he needs to take charge and show that he has been running this country for four years. >> reporter: one issue is sure to be libya. four u.s. dead. the white house for days denying a terrorist attack. >> something terrible happened, and we have to find out what it was. >> reporter: secretary of state clinton saying bla
romney over obama 50 to 46 among likely voters because gallup found romney trails with women in swing states by just one. a once wide gender gap closed. team obama disputes the numbers. a shift like that is critical. >> whoever wins the women, usually wins the election. >> reporter: tonight the debate is a town hall. audience questions. in a debate like that 1992, george bush 41 looked irritable. >> help me with the question. >> reporter: small state governor clinton...
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i call it forewarned. >> of course that was mitt romney. he and his runningmate are in the swing state of ohio this weekend. romney spoke to large crowd and hammered the president on china, job creation and taxes. ryan told voters in the manufacturing state that the president's china policies have cost the country manufacturing jobs. now, with just three weeks to go, obama's campaign has made the record books. it has surpassed 4 million donors so far setting a new presidential campaign record for the total number of donors the obama campaign has raised half of money from donation under $200 close to reaching $1 billion raised between the campaign and national democratic committee. mitt romney and republicans are on track to raise $800 million or more by election day. >>> a warning for dog owners as a recall involving dog's treats. the oven baked biscuits with real chicken. they could be contaminated with salmonella and pose a risk to humans handling it. the recalled treats were sold in 19 ounce standup resealable pouches. they are marked wi
i call it forewarned. >> of course that was mitt romney. he and his runningmate are in the swing state of ohio this weekend. romney spoke to large crowd and hammered the president on china, job creation and taxes. ryan told voters in the manufacturing state that the president's china policies have cost the country manufacturing jobs. now, with just three weeks to go, obama's campaign has made the record books. it has surpassed 4 million donors so far setting a new presidential campaign...
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romney while the new york sometimes shows just the opposite. in other words, we'll find out on election day. >>> because halloween could be rainy, some folks are celebrating early. we have a couple of ideas. the eke land zoo is holding another boo at the zoo tomorrow with a costume parade, face painting, candy, and pumpkins and goodies for the animals as well. the san francisco zoo is holding a similar event. and then in the south bay, you can always check out a haunted trail and pumpkin patch. the moreland woods in san jose, there will be food trucks, baked goods, games. admission is free there. >>> and right now one more check of what we're doing to expect for the weekend and halloween. >> i'm going have to give out extra candy this year. >> absolutely. >> the seven-day forecast is showing no problem for halloween events for the weekend into early next week. the weather is going to stay dry. fairly warm. but it does look like starring off wednesday morning, hall screen morning in the north bay, start to see the rain and pushing southward into
romney while the new york sometimes shows just the opposite. in other words, we'll find out on election day. >>> because halloween could be rainy, some folks are celebrating early. we have a couple of ideas. the eke land zoo is holding another boo at the zoo tomorrow with a costume parade, face painting, candy, and pumpkins and goodies for the animals as well. the san francisco zoo is holding a similar event. and then in the south bay, you can always check out a haunted trail and...
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democrats already fighting pack on what mitt romney will say. coming up today, the white house called him an unmitigated disaster on foreign policy. and the obama campaign says when he talked about americans being killed in libya and made it a political issue, as they put it it was not only cynical but also offensive. we wait to hear what he'll have to say today. live from washington, i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >>> we can tell you charges have not yet been filed against a driver who struck and killed a little girl in a church parking lot. the 6-year-old girl was walking with her mother to a religious school in daly city saturday when they were hit by that car. another woman was also hit and pinned right to the ground. the girl's mother and that woman are still in the hospital. the church is bringing in grief counselors to help children who were friends and knew the little girl. daly city police say the crash remains under investigation. >>> oakland police are still trying to sort out a shocking discovery in the
democrats already fighting pack on what mitt romney will say. coming up today, the white house called him an unmitigated disaster on foreign policy. and the obama campaign says when he talked about americans being killed in libya and made it a political issue, as they put it it was not only cynical but also offensive. we wait to hear what he'll have to say today. live from washington, i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >>> we can tell you...
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romney is playing to larger crowds ever since campaigning wednesday in the critical battleground state of ohio trailing in the polls but narrowing the gap. >> the key thing i want people across ohio to understand and to ask themselves as you go into the voting booth, as you vote, can we really afford the cost of barack obama. the answer is no. >> reporter: ron mott, nbc news. >>> from a campaign debate to one in court in that long running battle between samsung apple. a victory for samsung. sco scott, tell us about it. >> reporter: a federal court prohibited samsung from selling galaxy nexus cell phone after a jury decided that phone violated patents. an appeals court says it should not have been done before a full hearing and will let samsung sell the phone at least for now. the california energy commission will send 10 million dollars to tesla to help the car company build the model x assembly line. this is state money gathered from your vehicle registration and smog checks. nearly 2 million was sent to zero motorcycles out in santa cruz. tesla won't build the model x for at least a
romney is playing to larger crowds ever since campaigning wednesday in the critical battleground state of ohio trailing in the polls but narrowing the gap. >> the key thing i want people across ohio to understand and to ask themselves as you go into the voting booth, as you vote, can we really afford the cost of barack obama. the answer is no. >> reporter: ron mott, nbc news. >>> from a campaign debate to one in court in that long running battle between samsung apple. a...
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but so could president obama, even if romney wins ohio and those other states. the tiebreaker would be colorado. whoever wins colorado in that one scenario wins the white house. and raj and jesse, in the latest about in news poll, colorado was tied. back to you. >> thank you very much, steve. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. and it's supposed to be beautiful. we're here. the weekend is here. >> i know, i know. this is good timing for a lot of us here as that doppler radar scans around, finding dry conditions across the greater northern california region. and one of the things that really helped to get all this sunshine in here, not only inland, but at the coast is this wind out of the north, and also slightly offshore about 5 to 10 miles per hour. that's all we needed to give us some 70s here across the bay area. 74 in concord right now. 75 in livermore, and 76 in santa rosa. and if you like, this as raj was hinting at, we're going to go even warmer. by this weekend, temperatures expected in the 80s for livermore and also into san jose. l
but so could president obama, even if romney wins ohio and those other states. the tiebreaker would be colorado. whoever wins colorado in that one scenario wins the white house. and raj and jesse, in the latest about in news poll, colorado was tied. back to you. >> thank you very much, steve. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. and it's supposed to be beautiful. we're here. the weekend is here. >> i know, i know. this is good timing for a lot of us here...
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he joked that the real mitt romney didn't show up for the faceoff. >> the real mitt romney said we don't need any more teachers in our classrooms. [ booing ] >> but don't -- don't boo, vote. the fellow on stage last night, he loves teachers. >> and trickle-down government that the president proposes is one where he will raise taxes on small business, which will kill jobs. i instead want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. >> gop rival romney said his campaign has been rejuvenated following his strong performance last night. >> we're not even 24 hours removed from the debate, and the country's still buzzing about some of the things that happened in the debate. >> the first chance to see the candidates square off drew nearly 70 million viewers. many of whom might be asking themselves how much of what i heard last night is actually true. here to break it down for us is sam brock in tenant'sonight's " check." >> reporter: the debate had facts and some were misleading or blatantly false. all eyes on denver, colorado, as governor and president obama faced off in their f
he joked that the real mitt romney didn't show up for the faceoff. >> the real mitt romney said we don't need any more teachers in our classrooms. [ booing ] >> but don't -- don't boo, vote. the fellow on stage last night, he loves teachers. >> and trickle-down government that the president proposes is one where he will raise taxes on small business, which will kill jobs. i instead want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. >> gop rival romney said...
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president obama, mitt romney, clashed over a number of issues last night. sometimes giving off the sense they just don't like each other. political science professor joins us to talk about this. thanks so much for getting up early. jim, a much different tone than the first debate. who do you think came off the best? >> it was very contentious. i think they both came out with the intent of winning. i think probably barack obama helped himself a little more certainly than he did in the first debate. i think his performance in the first debate was panned as being flat and he needed to come out with some energy and really try to set the tone for the debate. i think he probably feels pretty good about his performance today. we'll have to see if it stops some of the gains that romney had made over the last few weeks. >> now, mitt romney getting a little bit of flack on twitter for his answer on a question to workplace equity for women. let's listen. >> serving as governor of my state, because i had the chance to pull together a cabinet, and all the applicants see
president obama, mitt romney, clashed over a number of issues last night. sometimes giving off the sense they just don't like each other. political science professor joins us to talk about this. thanks so much for getting up early. jim, a much different tone than the first debate. who do you think came off the best? >> it was very contentious. i think they both came out with the intent of winning. i think probably barack obama helped himself a little more certainly than he did in the...
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romney is 42. age is a funny thing when it comes to politics. the question is will biden look like yesterday's news or full of wisdom? will ryan appear as a youth or full of new energy? this is incredible? we can expect ryan to spit out statistic after statistic, one after another and biden is going to need÷ó"5÷ to call ryan on questionable data. i tell you, for his part, biden has to do a much better job defending the administration's record over the past four years. something ryan will be sure to attack. this thursday night get ready to rumble. it will be very different. stark contrast. sit back and enjoy this. whatever else, that vp is the next in line. >> you're popping popcorn. i want to ask you quickly. we saw the clip earlier from big bird responding to the fact that mitt romney called him out as one of the reasons that we have a federal deficit. i would assume republican or democrat you think you can't attack big bird and think you'll look good afterward. >> this is going to come down to a gaffe. if romney says let's go ahead and stop
romney is 42. age is a funny thing when it comes to politics. the question is will biden look like yesterday's news or full of wisdom? will ryan appear as a youth or full of new energy? this is incredible? we can expect ryan to spit out statistic after statistic, one after another and biden is going to need÷ó"5÷ to call ryan on questionable data. i tell you, for his part, biden has to do a much better job defending the administration's record over the past four years. something ryan...
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a romney campaign spokesman said it has not released the september totals but noted in a tweet that romney raised $12 million in the 48 hours after the debate. both candidates are still talking about the latest unemployment numbers. the jobless rate is now below 8%. the president was thrilled with the news while the republican nominee was skeptical. >> more americans are entering the work forceful more americans are getting jobs. >> the number of people in america, the participation of our adults in the work force were the same as at the time he got elected. why our unemployment rate would be 11%. >>> president obama is set to return to the bay area monday night. he will be fundraising at a concert in san francisco at the bill graham auditorium along with some high priced private fund-raisers. >>> with the first presidential debate behind us, it is time for our factor fiction segment. mitt romney said during the debate that president obama promised he would cut the deficit in half. and romney went on to say, unfortunately, he doubled it. first things first. the president did pledge shortly
a romney campaign spokesman said it has not released the september totals but noted in a tweet that romney raised $12 million in the 48 hours after the debate. both candidates are still talking about the latest unemployment numbers. the jobless rate is now below 8%. the president was thrilled with the news while the republican nominee was skeptical. >> more americans are entering the work forceful more americans are getting jobs. >> the number of people in america, the participation...
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>> it's not as good if romney's elected president. because what happened is the health companies they went all in under obama. they did win. unh goes higher with president obama is re-elected. if you loved playing kick the can as a kid, as i did, you should have adored as an investor in an industrial based company, the kick the can theory, our stocks go higher. >>> coming up, ipo stud or dud. but does this cloud play offer enough profit to bring investors back to the table. find out when you get to know this ipo. >>> and later, up, up and away? amazon has already sold almost 50% this year and google is up over 15%. but could these two market leaders continue to climb? or will they fall back down to earth? don't miss cramer's take. >>> plus, healthy dividend? medical properties trust owns care facilities nationwide, as affordable care makes political headlines. does this mean give your performer a -- as cramer sits down with a ceo just ahead. all coming up on "mad money." [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his morning starts with arthrit
>> it's not as good if romney's elected president. because what happened is the health companies they went all in under obama. they did win. unh goes higher with president obama is re-elected. if you loved playing kick the can as a kid, as i did, you should have adored as an investor in an industrial based company, the kick the can theory, our stocks go higher. >>> coming up, ipo stud or dud. but does this cloud play offer enough profit to bring investors back to the table. find...
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does mitt romney raise a question about the soviet nuclear arsenal? sometimes president obama is criticized for signing an arms control treaty with the soviets that the americans claim he gave away too much to him. >> reporter: see if they go beyond to global, humanitarian issues. and read between the rhetoric. do the candidates have a plan? >> and actually coming up with the real tools and the policy that they need the do their mission, and to not have it drug out, and to have it actually work, not just in the large scale talking that the candidates do, but concrete things. >> reporter: even though the focus of the debate is foreign policy, you can bet both men will work to show voters how their policies overseas will ultimately benefit the economy here at home. and both candidates also must overcome how they appear before the voters. strategists say obama must show he has guts and a positive vision, while romney has to work on his likability and expand on his ability to be mr. fix-it for our country. during tonight's debate, the two candidates will
does mitt romney raise a question about the soviet nuclear arsenal? sometimes president obama is criticized for signing an arms control treaty with the soviets that the americans claim he gave away too much to him. >> reporter: see if they go beyond to global, humanitarian issues. and read between the rhetoric. do the candidates have a plan? >> and actually coming up with the real tools and the policy that they need the do their mission, and to not have it drug out, and to have it...
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i think romney had some momentum. but i think in the last debate, obama came out very strong and probably over the next couple of weeks we'll see that play out in the polls and he may get a little bit of a bounce. we'll have to see. >> there are always some highlights, some zingers, a few mistakes. do you think one candidate had more than the other? >> obama certainly had a few zingers and came off with the bayonets line and hit with the 1980s want their foreign policy back. but romney made a few claims like talking about the $1 trillion cuts to the defense, which is not entirely accurate. that's part of the sequestration process that was a bipartisan agreement that congress passed that over eight years they'll cut that. only half of that is defense and that's probably not going to take place because congress is going to put something else in place before the end of the year. >> fact checkers are having a field day with this one. governor romney certainly saw a boost after the first presidential debate. do you think t
i think romney had some momentum. but i think in the last debate, obama came out very strong and probably over the next couple of weeks we'll see that play out in the polls and he may get a little bit of a bounce. we'll have to see. >> there are always some highlights, some zingers, a few mistakes. do you think one candidate had more than the other? >> obama certainly had a few zingers and came off with the bayonets line and hit with the 1980s want their foreign policy back. but...
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he's say specifically governor romney cannot be trusted. >> another new poll shows romney closing the gap. "today in the bay's" tracie pots live. >> reporter: let's go to those polls. "washington post"/abc, first big poll to show romney on top by one. it's the opposite of another poll which echoes our nbc poll, president obama on top by one. this is really a horse race. they're essentially tied. that's why we're seeing them focus on the battleground states. the president making eight stops in three days. governor romney in nevada, in iowa and in ohio. and he says the president's campaign is running out of steam. >> status quo campaign, you know, going forward with the same ideas as we've seen is why he's slipping. >> unlike mitt romney, i'm proud to talk about what's in my plan. because, first of all, the math actually adds up. >> president obama's been on the campaign trail in the last day, accusing romney of covering up his real position to try to win the election. >> all right, thank you very much, tracie. >>> two weeks to go, bare knuckles time, they're going at it. still ahead, i
he's say specifically governor romney cannot be trusted. >> another new poll shows romney closing the gap. "today in the bay's" tracie pots live. >> reporter: let's go to those polls. "washington post"/abc, first big poll to show romney on top by one. it's the opposite of another poll which echoes our nbc poll, president obama on top by one. this is really a horse race. they're essentially tied. that's why we're seeing them focus on the battleground states. the...
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. >>> still ahead, mitt romney's campaign doing some course correction after tuesday's debate. up next, a new campaign aimed at female voters. coming up. >>> also the holidays are all about giving, we know that. more people plan to give to themselves. >> got to take care of mama. >> always. >> mama not happy, no one is happy. check us out on facebook. just search nbc bay area. >>> happening now, tens of thousands greek workers hitting the streets of downtown athens today to protest against government austerity cuts. take a look at these live pictures from the scene. now, the protests are part of a 24-hour general strike in that country. greece's massive austerity program is needed in order to secure additional funding from an international bailout in order to keep that country from going bankrupt. we've seen it before. now, if greece does not meet these obligations, it would have to leave the european union. >>> decision 2012 now. fresh off tuesday's debate, the focus now turning to women this morning. governor romney trying to win their votes after a comment in tuesday night's
. >>> still ahead, mitt romney's campaign doing some course correction after tuesday's debate. up next, a new campaign aimed at female voters. coming up. >>> also the holidays are all about giving, we know that. more people plan to give to themselves. >> got to take care of mama. >> always. >> mama not happy, no one is happy. check us out on facebook. just search nbc bay area. >>> happening now, tens of thousands greek workers hitting the streets of...